In this movie I will give you a preview of the artwork that we will be creating over…the course of this chapter.…And I will also introduce you to each of the six shape tools included with Illustrator.…So what we are going to do is take that heart artwork from the previous chapter, and we…are going to surround it with the few ellipses, we will add a couple of rounded rectangle…ornaments here, we've got some stars at the top and the bottom.…And I have also drawn an arrow head in the background, going through the heart.…To get to the Shape tools, you go to the Rectangle tool, that's the default Shape tool anyway…inside of the toolbox.…

Click and hold on it, and you bring up a flyout menu of the six shape tools.…And then if you move your cursor over to this vertical bar and release, you will create…an independent panel of Shape tools.…Now they are not too difficult to use I have to say, and you'll see that there's a lot…of tips and tricks associated with each tool.…However, they can be extremely useful.…So we have got the Rectangle tool, which allow us to draw either rectangles that are wider…

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6/1/2012

This course is the first in a four-part series by industry-pro Deke McClelland on creating elegant, optimized graphics with the tools in Adobe Illustrator CS6.

This installment covers subjects such as working with shapes and closed paths, including painting, grouping, and coloring, and placing and adjusting type. Deke shows you how to select fonts, create hanging indents, and tweak the kerning and leading of your text. Additional chapters cover drawing and editing paths (and their points) and moving and transforming objects in your artwork.

Topics include:

Rotating and duplicating objects

Grouping and stacking

Erasing and painting selected paths

Using the Shape Builder tool

Reflecting across an angled axis

Simulating beveled edges

Creating a network of interlocking paths

Placing and flowing text

Creating page margins

Adjusting type size

Creating and applying paragraph styles

Using the Glyphs panel

Inserting and removing anchor points

Skill Level Beginner

9h 19m

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Q: I'm following along with Chapter 5 movie, "Creating compound paths." Why can't I get the second shape to compound properly? The Object menu doesn't seem to work.

A: This problem is due to a bug in Illustrator that has developed since this movie was recorded. To work around it, click off the Object menu (or press the Escape key); take another action, such as opening and closing the drawing layer; and revisit the Object menu.